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Somewhere Over The Rainbow
ErinKirsten


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Challenge: Street Photography III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Location: Hawthorne District - Portland, Oregon
Date: Oct 24, 2008
Date Uploaded: Oct 24, 2008

 A drab young lady spends a sunny fall afternoon on a break from her job.

This was a very slight bump up in saturation and zero sharpening. She was not a posed model for me - if you could have seen her annoyance at me taking her picture it was quite comical. I specifically did not want her looking at me because she was so thin and able to look planted as she is so striking.

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 146
Avg (all users): 6.2440
Avg (commenters): 7.0909
Avg (participants): 6.1852
Avg (non-participants): 6.2719
Views since voting: 2139
Views during voting: 430
Votes: 168
Comments: 30
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 07/18/2010 10:16:28 AM
Cool colors and great vertical lines.
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 04/16/2009 07:50:46 AM
Great photo. Really draws the viewer into the scene.
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 04/01/2009 05:09:29 PM
Just surfing DPC, saw this image. I drive around Hawthorne all the time, this captures what Hawthorne is. When I saw the subject and the colors of the buildings, my thought was "that's just like _____ Hawthorne." And sure enuf. GREAT image...
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 11/03/2008 01:13:59 PM
PostLuminous Award Nominee!
exceptionally well done, and the slight bump in saturation makes this image sing
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 11/03/2008 09:53:45 AM
Erin, this was one of my favorites in this challenge, and I have to go on record as saying I disagree with bvy about the over-saturation part. It's the bold, retro colors that make this in my opinion. I'm glad it did so well. Congratulations on 13th place!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/02/2008 09:38:21 PM
Neat idea but way oversaturated.
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 11/02/2008 09:32:45 PM
very good use of color
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 11/02/2008 05:48:53 PM
Outstanding candid with great use of colors. (9)
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 11/02/2008 08:59:40 AM
whoa! heavy on the saturation. Like the image
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 11/02/2008 01:59:33 AM
You know I dig this shot. I hope you are doing well.
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 11/02/2008 12:55:01 AM
Reminds me of the costumes from one of the original "Star Trek" episodes.
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 11/01/2008 11:00:22 AM
Playing around with my browser size, if I crop from the top of the trees up out of the image, and from the right of the yellow border behind her to the right out of the image, I see a much stronger shot. There is less 'edge distraction' and I can focus more on the main subject. Her pose is engaging and I like the colors throughout in contrast to her monochromatic outfit. The textures of the bricks play off nicely against her fur vest. Nice capture. Try the re-crop to see if you agree.
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 11/01/2008 02:51:06 AM
Colours and lines. Everything fits.
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 10/31/2008 08:56:16 PM
Meets Challenge:3
Technical:2
Interestingness:2
Extra Credit:
TOTAL: 7
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 10/31/2008 03:35:57 PM
very kinky 9
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 10/31/2008 01:28:13 PM
Great colors, interesting subject. I wish she was making eye contact with the camera.
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 10/31/2008 10:54:00 AM
great colors
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 10/31/2008 10:08:03 AM
The colors really make this stand out. And the good looking girl doesn't hurt.
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 10/30/2008 06:25:40 PM
The bright garish colors absolutely make this image. So glad you did not change it to black and white (like so many others have done).
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 10/30/2008 03:44:39 AM
She's impossibly slender - a lovely tall drink of water. I want to reach out and slap her for smoking, too - it'll rob her of her looks all too soon! I like her faraway look - and the color definitely works in this one, as per your title.
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 10/29/2008 12:49:19 AM
Great colors and a striking model.
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 10/28/2008 11:10:17 PM
What I really loved about this picture is the marvelous colors and the contrast between the person and the building. There isn't a lot of connection here with the smoker, but still works as a nice color study. My only suggestion might be to crop a bit off the top (8x10 format) to remove the gray sky so it all about the colors. Still good stuff and highly rated.
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 10/28/2008 11:02:22 AM
the colors in this picture are amazing
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 10/28/2008 08:15:18 AM
Nice to see some beautiful colour after so much black and white. Very strong image, great composition. I think the oversharpnening? lets it down a bit.
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 10/28/2008 07:23:41 AM
great colours, really contrast well with her expression of disinterest - 9
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 10/27/2008 04:54:40 PM
Very cool shot, nice dof, great colors, lovely capture, 8 from me.
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 10/27/2008 04:15:21 PM
Great colors... tells a story for sure.
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 10/27/2008 11:23:15 AM
This is great! It's so hard to find something more interesting than shoppers, tourists or homeless people out there on the street. This is a gold mine. She is such an interesting subject, and set against the bold colors. Verrry awesome!
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 10/27/2008 09:53:06 AM
I like how she is wearing neutral colors, making her stand out. I wish you could have moved the camera a little to the right to lose the bin and make more of that interesting looking reflection. Overall it's still a good picture, so far one of my faves.
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 10/27/2008 06:57:50 AM
I like the bright and contrasting colours of this photo, but it does look a little too posed, but it shows the differences in nature and our own colour schemes which i like.
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